Nothing Bad Can Happen

Tore tanzt

Synopsis

Tore seeks a new life in Hamburg among the religious group called The Jesus Freaks. When he by accident meets a family and helps them repair their car, he thinks that a heavenly wonder has helped him. He sparks a friendship with the father of the family, Benno and soon moves in with them…

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Critics reviews

Imagine a version of 12 Years a Slave in which Solomon Northup willingly endures his abuse without making the slightest attempt to flee. This will give you an approximate idea of both movies’ tiresome plotting — the circumstances of these young men’s would-be confinement are so patently ludicrous that it becomes impossible to take any development thereafter seriously.

Skillfully made first feature by writer-director Katrin Gebbe has some undeniably striking passages and performances, but ultimately spirals toward a gruesome third act that is no less monotonous for supposedly being based on true events.

I had the opportunity to watch this in a class with the director... and goddamn. It's a very strong subject matter. Definitely a thinking piece. Reminded me of El Castillo de la Pureza by Ripstein, but way more morbid.

While Nothing Bad Can Happen doesn't choose a side of faith, sadly the characters are too much walking cliches to register as humans: the good guys are the saints and the bad guys are evil. As whenever it portrays characters as against the extreme belief of what that entails it's unsubtly announced, as if saying: "See they aren't all like that!" Therefore, it's a think piece at its most prejudiced and cheap.

This is the German remake of Lars Von Trier's Breaking The Waves, with a dash of Martyrs, Ulrich Seidl (Faith, Love, Hope), and Kinatay. Torture porn, both physical and psychological, cum Christian fundamentalism. The original titles “Tore tanzt,” translates as “Tore Dances” and it is clearly more effective than "Nothing Bad Can Happen".